Ramon Llull is justly famous as a philosopher, mystic, and a missionary. He is perhaps less well known as an advocate of crusade and a writer of crusade plans. This thesis seeks to reconcile the opposition between missionary efforts and crusade activities in the late Middle Ages…
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In 1567 the Spanish king, Philip II, prohibited the use of Arabic in Granada. Throughout his reign, however, he urged Catholic priests to study the indigenous languages of America. The apparent contradiction between Philip’s support of Amerindian languages and his prohibition of…
The Malay people of Malaysia have had a Christian witness for centuries, and yet remain resistant to Christian evangelization efforts. This study seeks to understand why this is so, by presenting a profile of the Malays. The thesis is that the Malays have been historically, cult…
A critical assessment of the state of Christianity in Africa and among the Igbos of Nigeria reveals a Christian faith that is far from being deep-rooted. An atmosphere of superstition pervades the world of the Igbo Christians. The result of this phenomenon is an unholy syncretic…
This dissertation argues that six dominant models of evangelization emerge in the Christian experience. They can be identified in seminal form with specific New Testament passages. The St. Stephen model shows the strength of Christian witness to lead others to Christ, and is bas…
This professional project is based on the premise that Jesus is present in and to the world and he alone determines his mission. His mission, then, determines the nature of his community and the forms his community adopts as it participates in his continuing ministry with those …
This dissertation examines the role that Catholic missionary movements in the Ottoman Empire and Persia played in fostering the growth of science and learning in early modern Europe. The Ottoman Empire's alliance with France, solemnized in the Capitulations, opened the Ottoman E…
This dissertation presents a normative intellectual history of the development of religious toleration in the Latin West. In the Middle Ages, canon lawyers and theologians provided biblical justifications for tolerating unbelievers within their societies. During the crusades, ho…
All the popes since the Second Vatican Council have been calling the Church to evangelization. In North America, as in other parts of the world, the reason for this exhortation is clear: Catholic churches are seeing declining membership and declining participation in the sacrame…
Recent data regarding the faith of young adults in America continues to reveal that young people are disaffiliating from the Church at faster rates and in greater numbers. In light of this, the Church has consistently called for a New Evangelization, beginning with Pope Saint Jo…
In the six decades since the Second Vatican Council endorsed the evangelizing potential of traditional mass media in Inter Mirifica, successive popes have reaffirmed their value in a growing body of magisterial teaching. Yet when the digital revolution made wireless internet and…
The thesis of this Doctor of Ministry project was to analyze the effectiveness of incorporating a web-based resource, formed.org (Formed), which was in line with the teachings and theology of the Church as a means to enhance adult faith formation (AFF) opportunities in a parish …
The widening disconnection between families in the United States and the Roman Catholic Church demands a pastoral solution which addresses deficiencies in the preparation of marriage ministers. Through the formation of parish marriage ministers, this Project in Ministry broadens…